When someone suffers from tanorexia, a disease like anorexia, no matter how tan you are you never think you are tan enough.
L: Melissa, sweetie, I think you've had enough sun today...
M: No no, I must get a tan
L: you've been at the beach all day, I think you are tanorexic.
M: No no, I must get a tan
L: you've been at the beach all day, I think you are tanorexic.
by Melissa September 21, 2004
A person who is so afraid of having white skin (whether delusively or realistically) that they tan themselves constantly, far more than what is deemed healthy.
- "I see that girl at the tanning salon EVERY day! She is so tanorexic."
- "I'm afraid I'm becoming tanorexic, I can't go more than a few days without tanning before I start to feel pale!"
- "I'm afraid I'm becoming tanorexic, I can't go more than a few days without tanning before I start to feel pale!"
by Kellie Penman September 26, 2007
Tanorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a tanning disorder characterized by a distorted tone perception and the persistent thought that no matter how dark a person gets, he or she still believes they are not tan enough.
The social repercussions usually lead to disillusionment and depression on the part of the friendless, Tanorexic individual and more seriously, severe health problems.
The social repercussions usually lead to disillusionment and depression on the part of the friendless, Tanorexic individual and more seriously, severe health problems.
by pennstate April 27, 2008
Snooki from Jersey Shore is a Tanorexic.
by Kortneylicious September 24, 2010
by jeska September 08, 2003
by Believe1 November 27, 2009
A pun that combines the disorder of anorexia with tanning. Is used to describe people, usually white women and teen girls, who are very tan/dark in skin tone. Tanorexics are more specifically women who purposely get tan by either sunbathing frequently or by a fake bake. It was suggested that, like anorexics, they have an addiction to tanning and won't stop no matter how dark they get. Hence, the term tanorexic.
by isay'uh'toomuch October 28, 2004